The Best Place to get Australian Beach Art from

Australian beach art is everywhere at the moment. But finding a piece that’s truly unique and not like all the others has been the challenge – until now! Read on as I introduce you to the best place to purchase Australian beach art from – and enter to win some for your walls.

Art depicting life on the Australian coast has become a bit colour-by-numbers, don’t you think? It can all feel so incredibly same-same. An aerial shot of the waves. Some palm trees blowing in the wind. That’s not to say these photographs aren’t amazing, of course. But to see a new take on a classic idea would be a welcome change. And the good news is this: local brand The Print Emporium has delivered it.

Their new Summer collection takes Australian beach art next level by doing away with photography altogether. The brand’s owner and creative director, Zoe Bristow, has commissioned painters to bring her coastal designs to life, and the results are spectacular.

Australian Beach Art with a Twist

From Bondi Beach to the Great Ocean Road (and beyond), these paintings capture coastal moments in a whole new light. The painters have taken photographs – many from Zoe’s private collection – and made them even more interesting by painting them onto canvas.

“Each canvas painting is also photographed here in Melbourne,” Zoe tells me. “And then when a customer orders one of my designs, it’s printed either as a stretched canvas print, or as a giclee paper art print here in Australia. We proudly continue to make each artwork locally and use gorgeous timber frames too”.

It’s Zoe’s own love of the Aussie coastline that inspired the new range, which as you can see in this post, is wonderfully varied.

“I personally love a mix of boho, coastal and Scandinavian-style decor when it comes to interiors and bringing this relaxed vibe into a home,” She explains. “Many pieces in this range reflect my own travels around our great coastline. Don’t we all want to live at the beach?”.

Keeping things Affordable

It’ll come as no surprise that I’m all about the affordable when it comes to decor in the home. It’s refreshing to see an art brand operating under the mindset that you can have beautiful works on your walls without paying an arm and a leg for them.

“The idea behind my brand was to create affordable art that looks special and unique, and almost like an original painting,” Zoe says. “But without the price tag of an original painting”.

What’s so great about The Print Emporiums range is that while they are absolutely affordable, quality has not been lost in the production process.

“The little brushstroke details of our paintings were so important to capture,” Zoe tells me. And boy have they been captured. I saw the paintings in-person at a trade show recently and was blown away by how lifelike they look.

A Stunner in Any Space

There’s often an assumption that Australian beach art is a genre destined for homes on the coast. But I don’t abide by those rules. A great artwork is something you can get lost in, or something that reminds you of an amazing moment in time. I’d love several of these paintings for my own abode, and I live in the ‘burbs.

Zoe tells me that a lot of customers think in much the same way I do.

“I have several customers who have bought the Bondi Icebergs Pool print, for example, and told me that it will be going in their workplace. Several corporate offices and workplaces have bought beach-themed prints in the new collection to bring a more relaxed vibe into their meeting rooms or foyer”.

Zoe goes on to explain that the trend of mixing multiple art styles on the one gallery wall at home is on the rise. We’re moving away from thinking you have to lock in one interior style and stick with it.

“If the frame colour is kept consistent, then the designs can be a mix. I work in a shared studio in a converted warehouse in Fitzroy in Melbourne, which has wood floors, hanging plants, and industrial beams and fixtures, and i have two tropical themed prints on the wall behind my desk and they look great!”.

Picking a Fave will be Hard

The competition below is going to give you the chance to win one of your very own Australian beach art prints. But trust me when I say selecting your fave is going to be the hard part.

Zoe finds it equally tricky, but often finds herself coming back to her Bondi Icebergs Pool art.

“I photographed the ocean pool when i was living up there on a day when the sea water was being emptied and the pool was being cleaned,” she tells me. “The interior of my home in Melbourne is all-white, so this one fits right in and takes me back to my Bondi days!

“And also ‘Great Ocean Road I’, – a serene coastal scene of the Apostles. I love escaping Melbourne on weekend’s and taking coastal drives down there along the rugged coastline, it is truly spectacular”.

Win an Artwork from The Print Emporium

**Please note this comp is now closed. Winners are Margaret O’Sullivan, Adele Smith and Helen Russell

To go in the draw to win a 50x70cm (or 60x60cm) beach-style print, simply:

So many beautiful pieces, I don’t how I’d select just one! The Great Ocean Road print is beautiful, and the bathers, the blue and white umbrellas on the beach..I can almost smell the salty air! I love the fact that they’re making great quality prints at a more affordable price too xo

You were right. It was so hard to pick a favourite. For me it is a close call between Evening Swell and Open Water. Both of them put me in a melancholy mood… in a good way (I am aware this makes no sense) but if I have to pick one I’ll say Evening Swell. The texture in it is beautiful

Ros

John Verano

16 September, 2018 at 3:10 pm

Bronte Ocean Pool 1 is my top choice. The vibrancy and contrast of the blue is unmistakably head-turning. It has masculine vibes but soften with curves and natural lines that the rocks and the ocean creates. I also like the it’s overall composition. Having the main pool skewed to the right creates a pop of visual interest and balance contributing to the prints head-turning quality.

Kirsten

Vicky

18 September, 2018 at 12:22 am

i really like alot of the prints but would have to choose Beach Bathers as this would suit my mid-century style of home, i actually hate the beach and the sun hahaha but this is an iconic style that makes me happy 🙂

Nicky White

21 September, 2018 at 8:06 am

Oh wow – what a range! Hard to choose just one but I really love the Great Ocean Road print! It reminds me of past summers spent as a teenager enjoying road trips on that majestic coastline with friends. Sandy feet, salty hair and not a care in the world. The Great Ocean Road is so quintessentially Australian too – it has a place in my heart and hopefully my home too!

Jon

Katja Germano

21 September, 2018 at 8:37 am

Beachgoers III caught my eye. I like that’s it’s detailed and I could notice something new to it every time I look at it. It’s also fun. We live close to the beach and this would remind me to get down to the water more often!

Carli Beange

21 September, 2018 at 8:59 am

I love Blue Beach Umbrellas. It’s two alternating contrast patterns catch and lead the eye and I immediately knew where I could put this in my home. But… I also had a fondness for Terranium. For those that can’t keep real green stuff alive this would be an amazing substitution to bring green tones into a room ;-p

Milly

21 September, 2018 at 9:17 am

Pineapples, flamingos and palm trees – how can you not love them but the instant emotion I felt from Horizon Square Canvas has to be the winner. Have the perfect spot I’ve being looking for ages and it needs to evoke that moody feeling.

Nikki

21 September, 2018 at 9:22 am

Oh my – how do you choose? Bronte Ocean Pool II, Bondi Storm? But my heart rested on Great Ocean Road II. The pinky tones with the blue who can go past that! So relaxing perfect for our new beach getaway and suits our theme of blue for the ocean, pink for the relaxation. My Dad grew up around Warrnambool and would crayfish the cliff faces as a kid. This would be the perfect touch to our house, the perfect reminder for our kids to get off technology get out and explore just like Pa!

May

21 September, 2018 at 9:38 am

So many beautiful prints! I am lusting after “Beach Bathers” as the washed out look reminds me of my childhood spent at the beach in Shellharbour. Additionally, the theme and colours would perfectly complement the sandy tones and pale blues of my Hamptons meets coastal décor.

Sarah

Adele Smith

21 September, 2018 at 10:34 am

I am drawn to the Ocean Wave print because as I see the small wave rolling in a calmness washes over me, it both soothes and delights me. With my troubles of sleeping I can see this gorgeous print hanging in my bedroom lulling me to sleep. It reminds me of my childhood beach of playing amongst the smaller waves as my parents watched from the shore.

Glen Toyer

21 September, 2018 at 11:31 am

I like the Blue Beach Umbrellas as I tend to favour more abstract, modern pieces, which it appears from a distance to be such, but its not until you look more closely that you discover what it really is.

Anita Smith

Margaret O'Sullivan

21 September, 2018 at 10:32 pm

I adore all the pics. As I’m asked to choose, I’d be so honoured to own the 12 Apostles one. We have gathered our huge family from all over Australia for a yearly camping family holiday on the Great Ocean Road – since our Dad died suddenly. What a beautiful way to remember him in our home

Linda Allen

Cassandra Young

24 September, 2018 at 9:12 am

I love the Dark Horizons Print so moody. But I have to say the Great Ocean Road Print 1 is my favorite, such beautiful colours and so calming to look at. I would love to have this beauty in my house. Awesome idea The Print Emporium!

RICHARD WILSON

Kristy Schulstad

24 September, 2018 at 11:57 am

It was actually a little difficult to choose just one, but, I am always drawn to Palm Trees so I have selected California ll Foreshore as the thought of sand between my toes and PalmsTrees just put my mind at ease.

Amazing pictures, but I love the Great Ocean Road Canvas – it reminds me so much of my childhood years, and many days spent down by the beach – a well as being the perfect colours to complement the interior of my new home….

Amanda B

Judy Roney

24 September, 2018 at 10:38 pm

BONDI STORM photo art print is outstanding, the rough seas throwing up the waves while bathers watch from the safety of the rock pool. Beautiful combination. Difficult too choose though from some incredible pictures.

Sarah Blockley

25 September, 2018 at 1:41 pm

I love the Beach Bathers art print- it is such a unique perspective and I love the colour and the fun that the image invokes. I love that it’s not just another scenic beach view it’s about life and our culture!

Roberto Colombi

Julie Vulin

26 September, 2018 at 8:09 am

I love the Beach Bathers Canvas as it’s such a fun and playful work of art. I’d hang this in my downstairs living area as it’d make the room feel forever summer with its bright colours and happy scene.

Helen Russell

26 September, 2018 at 9:56 am

The Blue Beach Umbrellas Art Print has amazing patterns in it and just the right amount of colour in it. It looks like the type of print an interior decorator would hang in a display home. They always have the most standout artwork in those places. I would love my home to look like a display home so this print would be perfect for me.

Kate Slack

Samantha gronbeck

26 September, 2018 at 12:33 pm

It would have to be the Evening Swell. It reminds me of a time where we came around the tip of the coast in our boat to confront the same scene! We live near the beach and water so this would be perfect addition to our house.

Bonnie

Joy

26 September, 2018 at 3:17 pm

Oh wow, they are all so beautiful! If I had to choose and believe me this is hard it’d be between the ocean road(I and II), George The Black Cockatoo (Grey Canvas), Matilda the Galah, Charlie the cockatoo (pink) and the Bondi Storm (I and II). I really can’t narrow it down anymore, I can’t pick!

Caroline Lissaman

Katie

28 September, 2018 at 12:21 am

Theo The Black Cockatoo. He is just too cute and totally unique! As I am an interior designer, my partner leaves all ‘house’ decisions to me… and I have the perfect spot for Theo in our bedroom! It will be a bonus to see my partner’s horrified face each morning when he wakes up to Theo (as he is completely and utterly petrified of birds).

lexi

Kate Hickinson

28 September, 2018 at 2:33 pm

The BeachGoers Art III Print leaves a lasting imprint in my mind, With the calming blue ocean and beach dwellers relaxing in the sunshine, ☀️ Capturing every element of the Australian coastal atmosphere, Zoe Bristol and her painter at TCL Interiors have her prints taking me too new levels in art! ❤️